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Re: Residents Fight to Keep Analog Cell Phones

Robert Bonomi (bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com)
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:56:11 -0000

In article <telecom24.341.10@telecom-digest.org>,
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:

[[.. munch ..]]

> Why is the FCC pushing this? Is it really good for the country or
> actually good for the carriers to make more money selling replacement
> phones and fancier services and plans?

RF 'spectrum' *is* a limited resource. Digital phones make _far_ more
efficient use of that scarce resource than analog ones do.

Being able to eventually 'turn off' the analog cell-phone system
*completely*, makes it possible to reassign that spectrum to other
uses.

> I get offers from my carrier to "upgrade" to digital. They'll sell me
> a crappy phone and double my monthly charge and give me LESS than I
> have now!

Has anybody *EVER* accused the phone company of having the customer's
interests at heart? <*grin*>

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